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1823, Peter, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)

Title: 1823, Peter, Commercial Transaction (Enslaved Hire)
Description: White enslaver John Hartwell Cocke was paid $28 by the University of Virginia for three-and-a-half months of Peter's labor.
Event Type: Commercial transaction: Enslaved hire
Action Status: Completed
Date: 1823
Source: Proctor's Daybook, 1821-1828, RG-5/3/2.102, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
Primary Participant: Peter
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver: John Hartwell Cocke
Hirer: University of Virginia
Source Resource: https://omeka-s-dev.internal.lib.virginia.edu/api/items/492
Source Site: https://omeka-s-dev.internal.lib.virginia.edu/s/otg-uvalibrary/item

Item sets: UVA-Aggregation; Aggregation

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